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Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.
Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.
Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, but that the dead are living.
Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all read more
Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead.
I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking read more
I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when read more
What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it.
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.
When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. read more
When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being.
The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.
The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.